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Jefferson Street phase II bids 22% lower than estimated

Council recognizes Dan Bowden upon his year-end retirement
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 15, 2020 - 4:33pm

Council’s packet attached to this story -
Bids opened for the Jefferson Street Phase II project next summer are encouraging, Jesse Blackburn, village administrator, informed Bluffton council members on Monday.

“The bids were opened on Dec. 3 and range from $838,539 to just over $1 million,” said Blackburn.

He added that the village engineering firm, Choice One, has provided the village with a bid review and the project should be awarded at the next council meeting.

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Artistic reindeer

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 15, 2020 - 4:15pm

Two artistic reindeer gaze from the Faith Investment Services window at the corner of Church and Main. The Icon took these two photos during a recent holiday nighttime window shopping trip downtown.

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Here are Sunday's Messiah soloists

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 15, 2020 - 3:53pm

Bluffton University’s music department announced soloists for its 125th performance of Handel’s “Messiah,” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, via livestream at www.bluffton.edu/mus.

Soloists are Erin Keesy, soprano; Lauren McAllister, mezzo-soprano; Jason Vest, tenor; and Robert Kerr, baritone. 

Erin Keesy, soprano
Keesy has made solo appearances with the Cincinnati POPS orchestra, the Louisville Orchestra, Butler Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra.

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Bluffton University
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Dean French was a former Allen County auditor

Was active in Allen County Republican Party
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 15, 2020 - 3:47pm

Dean French, 83, of Bluffton, died Dec. 12, 2020, at Bluffton Hospital. Dean was born March 31, 1937, in Mercer County, Ohio to the late Harold French and Martha (Fuhrman) French Stober.  On Feb. 14, 1959, he married Connie (Adams) French, who survives in Bluffton.

Dean served with the United States Army and for many years was Allen County Auditor.

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Obituaries
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Richard Shoemaker served as a Riley Township trustees for 12 years

Life-long farmer, Pandora High School graduate
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 15, 2020 - 3:39pm

Richard "Dick" Wayne Shoemaker, 95, died Dec. 15, 2020, at the Heritage in Findlay.  Dick was born May 18, 1925, in Pandora to the late George and Naomi (Crawford) Shoemaker.  On Sept. 17, 1949, he married Ruth Burkholder Shoemaker who survives.

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Obituaries
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Icon book review: Skipping Christmas

The story ends with an example of the true Christmas spirit, and a heartwarming gesture showing a new and caring light
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 15, 2020 - 3:32pm

Reviewed by Robet McCool
It's a simple idea – take what you normally spend for Christmas, or even less, and go on a Caribbean cruise. In John Grisham's 2001's Skipping Christmas (Doubleday ISBN 0-385-50583-3) that is the premise, and how horrible it could be.

Luther and Nora Krank see their twenty-three year old daughter Blair off for a two year tour with the Peace Tour, and Luther goes home with a new idea. With Blair gone he totals up what they spent last Christmas, and how much chaos and frenzy the holiday brings to his life.

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